curious if your country has a star athlete that chooses to represent the country of their parent/grandparent or however long ago it was. Do you still root for them?

Additionally if you’re the country that that athlete is representing do you feel they’re worthy of being the standard bearer for your nation during the Olympics or do you feel they’re taking the spot of a true local who might be similarly deserving?

Examples like the French gymnast who represented Algeria, or the Irish marathoner reprinting Australia, or last winter there was an American snowboarding for China, cases like those

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    2 months ago

    Only if they had competed for Sweden before and was known for it. If I liked them and they then changed I would still like them, but if they never represented and were unknown then I wouldn’t.